Highlights:

• ASF Virtual Conference 2021 Event Report: Profiling opinions and insights from participants at the ASF's annual conference held in November 2021
• A look at the Australian housing and mortgage market, including key risk factors and the potential role of macroprudential intervention
• Discussions of investor considerations relevant to ESG in securitisation, building ESG scale on the asset side and a global view on integrating ESG principles into securitisation 
• Australian economic outlook and likely trajectory for 2022
• Record issuance in New Zealand in 2021 and a look at the challenges and opportunities presented by new regulations
• A discussions of the emergence and success of new asset classes in Australian securitisation
• Updates on the path and purpose of automation in the securitisation chain
• An update on global securitisation developments with a focus on the ongoing process of LIBOR transition
• A look at how the Australian covered-bond asset class will develop including issuance trends and structuring requirements